Netflix Declines to Counter Paramount's $111 Billion Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Sourced from 3 publications
- •Warner Bros. Discovery declared Paramount Skydance's $111 billion offer superior to Netflix's earlier $83 billion bid, according to Bloomberg and NPR.
- •Netflix's bid covered only streaming services, studios, and intellectual property, while Paramount's offer was for the entire company including CNN and HBO.
- •Netflix declined to submit a revised proposal within its four-business-day window to counter Paramount's offer, per Bloomberg.
- •Paramount offered $31 per share compared to Netflix's $27.75 per share for Warner Bros. Discovery.
- •The pending deal would consolidate Warner Bros. studios, HBO, and CNN under David Ellison's Paramount Skydance.
Sources
Netflix Ends Warner Bros. Bid After Paramount Raises Offer
Bloomberg
Warner Bros. Says Paramount’s $111 Billion Deal Tops Netflix
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TechCrunch
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